Snow totals: Denver area wakes up to largest snowfall in years
DENVER — Residents of the Denver metro area woke up February 25 to a blanket of snow, the largest two-day total since April of 2016.
Armed with measuring tape and rulers, Coloradans took to their yards to confirm what the National Weather Service reported: over a foot of snow in many areas.
Below is a time-lapse video of the overnight accumulation in Highlands Ranch.
Dogs are having their best day today.#cowx
— Rocky Mountain PBS (@rmpbs) February 25, 2021
📷Alexis Kikoen pic.twitter.com/4J5FR78Ah2
Neighbors in Highlands Ranch are digging out this am #cowx @rmpbs pic.twitter.com/yphCVhtH2v
— Brian Willie (@bwillie) February 25, 2021
The NWS has up-to-date snowfall totals on its website here. You can also follow the NWS Boulder Twitter page—which also covers the Denver area—for the latest forecasts and conditions.
Humans, meanwhile, were busy making sure they could get our of their homes.
Some of us are better equipped to handle a foot of snow in the morning 🌨️🐶 pic.twitter.com/ybJdSw21rP
— Rocky Mountain PBS (@rmpbs) February 25, 2021
Here are the snow totals from the NWS as of 11 a.m. Thursday:
- Arvada: 10.5 inches
- Aurora: 11.5 inches
- Boulder: 9 inches
- Broomfield: 8.5 inches
- Chatfield Reservoir: 12.5 inches
- Cherry Creek Reservoir: 13 inches
- Colorado Springs: 10 inches
- Columbine: 12 inches
- DIA: 9.6 inches
- Downtown Denver: 11 inches
- Eldorado Springs: 9.8 inches
- Englewood: 16 inches
- ESE Denver: 12.2 inches
- Federal Heights: 12.8 inches
- Firestone: 5 inches
- Foxfield: 9 inches
- Genesee: 9.5 inches
- Golden: 8.5 inches
- Highlands Ranch: 14 inches
- Ken Caryl: 12.5 inches
- Lakewood: 8 inches
- Littleton: 15 inches
- Lone Tree: 10 inches
- Longmont: 6.5 inches
- Manitou Springs: 9 inches
- Northglenn: 9.2 inches
- Strasburg: 9 inches
- Thornton: 11 inches
- Wheat Ridge: 9 inches
The snow day has been especially fun for four-legged residents (although some prefer to stay inside).
While we were sleeping. ❄️❄️❄️#cowx pic.twitter.com/OcFwLKVMvB
— Rocky Mountain PBS (@rmpbs) February 25, 2021